A smiling Caitlin Clark talked to reporters on Tuesday about how it will really feel to return in opposition to the Golden State Valkyries on Wednesday, which is now anticipated.
“It’ll be enjoyable to get again on the market,” Clark told Scott Agness. “I do not know what sort of minutes I am going to get. However after I’m on the market, simply compete and play laborious. It is laborious sitting out and expecting just a few weeks. I am excited to get again on the market.”
WNBA followers, particularly these of the Indiana Fever, will probably be excited to have Clark, now a two-time all-star, again within the fold.
It is not clear how a lot Clark will play, as she stated. But when she wasn’t wholesome sufficient to play half-hour or so, it would not make sense to have her on the ground.
The larger query is what sort of manufacturing will the Fever get from Clark on Wednesday afternoon in opposition to Golden State?
Within the three video games earlier than her harm, Clark skilled the worst taking pictures stretch of her skilled or school basketball profession, making just 1-of-23 three-point attempts.
Now that she’s missed 5 video games, it is secure to imagine she wasn’t wholesome. She did seem to tweak one thing on the finish of the sport in opposition to Seattle when she performed final, and completed with simply six factors.
But, even earlier than that, Clark simply did not look proper. Hopefully, she is now. However Wednesday’s afternoon recreation, which is a part of the WNBA’s “Camp Day,” will probably be much more thrilling with Clark on the ground than with out her.
As for Indiana, the return could not come at a greater time. The Fever did win the Commissioner’s Cup final week and saved their heads above water when Clark was out, successful three of the 5 video games. Nevertheless, it is apparent that for Indiana to turn out to be the title contender it has the potential to be, Clark wants to seek out herself, beginning on Wednesday.
